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Good morning and welcome to Summit Up, the world's only daily (advice) column that is here with some great words of wisdom to start off your Sunday.
Kids, if you're going to tie your shoes, don't tie them together. You'll trip.
Life isn't really like a box of chocolates. It's more like a box of box turtles: all crammed in there, cranky and likely to bite your finger if you start poking it in the forehead.
Hearts are meant to be broken. And so are speed limits (just kidding, officer).
When you pull a mug of something delicious looking out of the fridge, always check to see if it's last night's cooking grease before taking a sip.
Moguls are not for the faint of heart.
If at first you don't succeed, you probably weren't doing it right.
And, of course, the old faithful: don't eat yellow snow. Actually, please don't eat any snow. We really don't have enough to spare.
Alrighty then, now that we're all a little wiser, down to business.
We've recently been informed that we are a bunch of suckers because we're missing out on all the great ski deals in Romania. This came as a surprise because, to be honest, we know exactly nothing about Romania, aside from the fact that it is located somewhere in eastern Europe, it maybe had some problems with vampires once upon a time and was the unknown location of Rowena Ravenclaw's lost diadem for centuries — and that last one may not even be true. We certainly never thought of it as a prime destination for skiers on a budget.
But, being in the news business, we naturally get plenty of emails that have really nothing to do with news. This latest one is about how awesome (and cheap) it is to ski in Romania.
Sez here:
“This January, ski resorts in the Romanian town of Predeal are reporting the cheapest prices Europe-wide for winter sports enthusiasts- $71 per night in a standard double room.
Winter athletes looking to pay less for an overnight stay in a standard double room in the snow will find Eastern European destinations significantly less expensive than those in the Alps. Despite high-price premiums compared to last month, travelers to Romania, Poland and Bulgaria will find lower prices than those headed to Germany, Austria, Switzerland and France.”
Of course, the Romanian sales gurus who crafted this fine bit of marketing failed to account for airfare, exchange rates and the cost of an English to Romanian translation book. Once you add all that stuff in, a Romanian ski vacation is right on par with a trip to Germany, Austria, Switzerland and France, and a heck of a lot more expensive than skiing in, say, Colorado. So we decided to stick around here and sent Romania this very polite response:
“Stimati Romānia,
Noi nu am avut bani pentru o carte de traducere englez-romān, asa ca am folosit Google Translate. Va multumesc pentru invitatia dumneavoastra de a veni de schi dvs. pe super-ieftine pante. Din pacate, noi nu suntem de gānd sa-l faca, pentru ca nu ne putem permite rezerva de traducere mentionate mai sus si suntem īn continuare un fel de speriat despre Dracula lucru īntreg. Fara suparare. Dar tu esti binevenit sa vina aici, īn orice moment de schi.
dragoste,
Summit-ul Up”
Which loosely translates to:
“Dear Romania,
We didn't have the money for a English-Romanian translation book, so we just used Google Translate. Thank you for your invitation to come ski on your super-cheap slopes. Unfortunately, we're not going to make it, because we can't afford the aforementioned translation book and we're still kind of freaked out about the whole Dracula thing. No offense. But you're welcome to come ski here any time.
Love,
Summit Up”
So there you have it. Colorado or bust.
We out.
Kids, if you're going to tie your shoes, don't tie them together. You'll trip.
Life isn't really like a box of chocolates. It's more like a box of box turtles: all crammed in there, cranky and likely to bite your finger if you start poking it in the forehead.
Hearts are meant to be broken. And so are speed limits (just kidding, officer).
When you pull a mug of something delicious looking out of the fridge, always check to see if it's last night's cooking grease before taking a sip.
Moguls are not for the faint of heart.
If at first you don't succeed, you probably weren't doing it right.
And, of course, the old faithful: don't eat yellow snow. Actually, please don't eat any snow. We really don't have enough to spare.
Alrighty then, now that we're all a little wiser, down to business.
We've recently been informed that we are a bunch of suckers because we're missing out on all the great ski deals in Romania. This came as a surprise because, to be honest, we know exactly nothing about Romania, aside from the fact that it is located somewhere in eastern Europe, it maybe had some problems with vampires once upon a time and was the unknown location of Rowena Ravenclaw's lost diadem for centuries — and that last one may not even be true. We certainly never thought of it as a prime destination for skiers on a budget.
But, being in the news business, we naturally get plenty of emails that have really nothing to do with news. This latest one is about how awesome (and cheap) it is to ski in Romania.
Sez here:
“This January, ski resorts in the Romanian town of Predeal are reporting the cheapest prices Europe-wide for winter sports enthusiasts- $71 per night in a standard double room.
Winter athletes looking to pay less for an overnight stay in a standard double room in the snow will find Eastern European destinations significantly less expensive than those in the Alps. Despite high-price premiums compared to last month, travelers to Romania, Poland and Bulgaria will find lower prices than those headed to Germany, Austria, Switzerland and France.”
Of course, the Romanian sales gurus who crafted this fine bit of marketing failed to account for airfare, exchange rates and the cost of an English to Romanian translation book. Once you add all that stuff in, a Romanian ski vacation is right on par with a trip to Germany, Austria, Switzerland and France, and a heck of a lot more expensive than skiing in, say, Colorado. So we decided to stick around here and sent Romania this very polite response:
“Stimati Romānia,
Noi nu am avut bani pentru o carte de traducere englez-romān, asa ca am folosit Google Translate. Va multumesc pentru invitatia dumneavoastra de a veni de schi dvs. pe super-ieftine pante. Din pacate, noi nu suntem de gānd sa-l faca, pentru ca nu ne putem permite rezerva de traducere mentionate mai sus si suntem īn continuare un fel de speriat despre Dracula lucru īntreg. Fara suparare. Dar tu esti binevenit sa vina aici, īn orice moment de schi.
dragoste,
Summit-ul Up”
Which loosely translates to:
“Dear Romania,
We didn't have the money for a English-Romanian translation book, so we just used Google Translate. Thank you for your invitation to come ski on your super-cheap slopes. Unfortunately, we're not going to make it, because we can't afford the aforementioned translation book and we're still kind of freaked out about the whole Dracula thing. No offense. But you're welcome to come ski here any time.
Love,
Summit Up”
So there you have it. Colorado or bust.
We out.
